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GAS TURBINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Original application filed December 81,1804, serial No. 289,089. Divided and this application lied April 4, v 1906. Serial No. 809,744.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SANFORD A. Moss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, county of Essex, Statej of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Turbines, of which the following is a s iecilication.

The present app ication is a division of my prior pending application Serial No. 239,089, filed Dec. 31,1904, which division is made at the requirement of the United States Patent Ofiice, under the provisions of Rules 41 and 42.

The present invention relates to gas turbines, and has for its object to improve their construct-ion and operation, particular reference being made to the means for 'preventing the hot gases from injuring the working parts.

In the accompanying drawings which are illustrative of my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of a gas turbine and combustion horizontal section 0 chamber, together with the necessary auxiliaries; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the turbine showing certain of the parts broken away to show the water-circulating chambers; Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the turbine; Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view showin a portlon of the water jacket for the casing; Fig. 5 is an axial section of the turbine which is provided with a single row of wheel buckets; Fig. 6 is a detail view in elevation of the turbine showing the openings arranged to receive the expanding nozzles discharging the roducts of combustion against the bucket w eel; Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of a nozzle having radiating vanes and a water circulating system for cooling it; Fig. 7 is a plan view, partly in section, of the turbine; Fi 8 is a section of the nozzle cover taken on line 88 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a section of said cover taken on the line 99 of Fig. 6; Fig. 10 is a cross-section of one of the nozzles showing the radiating plates for cooling urposes; Fig. 11 is a i a turbine having two rows of wheel buckets for fractionally abstracting the velocity of the gas from the admission nozzle; and Fi 12 to 15 inclusive are detail views showing the water circulation for the intermediate buckets.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 is a gas turbine of suitable construction having a main shaft 2 that is connected directly or indirectly to the apparatus to be driven. 3 represents the combustion chamber which receives fuel from the tank 4 and water from the tank 5. The former tank is connected to the combust1on chamber by the pipe 6, and the latter by thepipe 7. In order to equalize the pressures in the two tanks and also in the air or gas supply and the combustionchamber, an equalizing plpe 8 is connected to both tanks and to the pipe 9 conveying air' from the conduit 40 leading from the regenerator or other source of suppl to the combustion chamber. Fuel is supp ied to the oil tank by a pump 11 and water to the tank 5 b the pump 12. These pumps may with a vantage be of the centrifugal type and the rotating elements thereof are mounted on the shaft 13, the latter being belted or otherwise connected to the power shaft 2 of the turbme, or the pumps may be se arately driven. Each pump is provided in t e present illustration with a clutch 14.by mea'ns of which the rotatin elements can be started and stopped... e rod 15 is connected to a speed-responsive device, not shown, driven by the turbine. Theleft-hand end of the rod is connected to a lever 16, and the lat- Patented Sept. 6, 1910. 1

ter is mounted directly on the spindle 17 of ing through suitable mechanism on the spindle 20 of the fuel-controllin valve. The admission of cooling fluid sue as water to the combustion chamber is controlled by a suitable valve having a stem 21 that is actuated through intermediate mechanism by the lever 16.

The governing mechanism forms the subject matter of a separate application and for that reason is not specifically described and illustrated herein.

In Figs. 2, 5 and 6 is shown a gas turbine havin a single wheel of the Laval type thong I may use one or more wheels of. other constructions. The wheel is inclosed in a suitable casing, Figs. 2 and 3, comprising three princi al parts or sections,a lower section 25 t at is provided with a foot or other support that rests upon a foundation 26, an upper section 27, and a nozzle section 28, the latter being bolted or otherwise secured-to the upper and lower sections.

The lower section of the wheel casing is provided with a chamber 29 containing water or other cobling medium. Thecoolm system for the lower section may be, an preferably is, independent of the cooling s stem for the upper section or sections of tie casing. The inner wall of the lower section is made relatively thin and closely surrounds the buckets so as to" reduce the rotation losses due principally to the fanlike action of the buckets and also to abstract the heat therefrom and from the wheel itself. The interior of said lower section is provided with a conduit 30 which extends through the water-containing chamber 29 and communicates with the atmosphere at a oint below the foot or support to drain ofi any water that may collect in the wheel chamber. Water enters the lower cooling chamber through the conduit 31 (Figs. 3 and 5) and leaves through a suitable passage such as 32, Fig. 2. In the foot or support for the lower section is provided one or more openings for permitting the core to be withdrawn after the casing is formed. These openings are closed by plugs 22,- as are similar openings in the upper section and cover. The upper surface of the lowersection is finished on a plane passing through the axis of the wheel shaft 2, and mounted on top thereof is the upper section 27 of the casing containing a chamber 33. This chamber extendson both sides of the wheel, and water or other cooling fluid is admitted thereto by the pipe 34, Figs. 2 and 3, and escapes therefrom by the pipe 35, Figs. 2 and 6.

The nozzle section 28 is provided with a chamber 36 (Fig; 5) to which water or other cooling fluid is admitted by the pipe 37 and escapes by the pipe 37. It will thus appear that the cooling chamber of the wheel casing and also that of the nozzle section forming a part of said casing are provided with their own inlets and outlets so that the amount of cooling water passing through any one chamber can be controlled independently of that passing through another. Further that the piping to one chamber can be disconnected without affecting that to the other. The upper surface of the upper section of the casing is finished, and bolted thereto is a double conduit having a central passage or conduit 38 that conveys the waste products of combustion escaping from the wheel buckets to a regenerator or other exhaust. The bucket wheel of the turbine and the nozzles are so situated that the gasesexhausting therefrom enter the chamber 39 and pass directly to the regenerator or other exhaust. The conduit 38 is surrounded by an annular conduit 40 through which air from the compressor preferably passes prior to entering the combustion chamber, for the purpose of increasing its temperature. Air

is conveyed from the conduit 40 to the combustion chamber by the pipe 9, Fig. 1.

One or more nozzles 41 (Fig. 6) are rovided for directing the roducts of com ustion against the wheel uckets 42, the said products acting lb impact to rotate the bucket wheel. T 1e nozzles are so constructed that they extend through the diverging opening 43 between the upper half of the casing and the nozzle cover 28. I have found 1t desirable to leave a space between the nozzles and the walls of the easing and cover through which a certain amount of air is drawn after the fashion of an injector when the turbine is in operation.

This air does not act to drive the bucket wheel but tends to reduce the temperature of the parts. The air in passing over the surface of the nozzles tends to prevent the temperature from rising above a certain predetermined degree. In some instances where the temperature of the exhaust gases is lower I may so arrange the nozzle and parts of the wheel casing that no space is provided for admitting air. Instead of depending upon the air alone to keep the temperature of the nozzle ornozzles down, I may use a water cooling jacket 41, Fig. 6*, such as is above described in connection with the wheel casing, or I may depend upon the air as well as the water circulation for this purpose.

The nozzles 41 are mounted upon a support 44. The latter may be carried by the combustion chamber or other suitable support. As shown in Fig. 10 the nozzles may be provided with radiating plates 45. When radiating plates are employed it is desirable to leave a space between them and the surrounding casing to admit a supply of air. By test I have found that the air-cooled nozzles above referred to will'satisfactorily withstand a combustion chamber temperature which causes the lining of the chamber to melt. The nozzles may be lined with a suitable heat-resisting material ifdesired. The radiaiing plates in addition to acting as such serve to direct incoming currents of In Fig. 11 is shown a turbine comprising two rows of wheel buckets 42 with a row of intermediate buckets 46 between them. With this arrangement the number of rotations perunit of time is materially lowered over the construction shown in Fig. 5 because the velocity of the gases is abstracted.

by two successive fractions or operations instead of by a slngle operation. The gases are admitted to the buckets by one or more: 125

I viously described. It is preferable with -mit the water to freely stationary or intermediate buckets are em ployed for reversing the direction of flow of the gases from one wheel to the next, I have found that they are liable to be undul heated unless special means are employe for cooling them. In order to effectually cool the buckets I provide an arran ement whereby water or other cooling flui is arran (1 to circulate around or through the hue ets, or both, as desired.

50 represents a support for intermediate buckets, which is attached to the casing of the turbine. The sup ort may cover a small or a large portion of the circumference of the turbine wheel, de ending upon the number of intermediate buckets it carries. the support are formed one or more chambers 51 which receive the cooling fluid. In the construction illustrated water enters the chamber 51 from the conduit 52 and passes through a numberof small passa es 53 in the bucket cover which register wit the corresponding passages 54 in the center of the buckets. The bucket passages communicate with'the common chamber 55 located between the buckets and the wheel shaft. Assuming that the water is delivered to the chamber 51 under pressure, it will pass inward through some of the passa s 53 and 54 into the chamber 55, and t ence out throu h others of the passages 54, and 53 into t e chamber 56, the latter dischar ing into the conduit 57. Instead of rovi ing each of the buckets with the flui -carryin passages, some of the buckets may be soli This will depend largely upon the temperature of the gases passing through the turbine. It is preferable however to provide a cooling arrangement for each bucket. Instead of causing the cooling fluid to flow inward into .the chamber 55 and then out, I may so-arrange the receiving .and dischar e conduits that the cooling water flows in t e same direction through all of the passages 53 and 54.

The construction of'the intermediates can be widely varied without departing from my invention. In the pr sent arrangement the chamber 55 is forme d by coring out the under side of the bucket-carrying element 58 and securing a plate 59 to its under side.

' The plate can be made integral with the buckets if desired.

In Fig. 14 is shown in plan view a form of bucket suitable for carrying out the invention. The cross-sectional area and position of the fluid-carrying passa es 54 with respect to the buckets is clearly s own. The number of buckets may be increased or docharge creased to suit the conditions of operation. As a mud reposition it may bestated that t are wil be fewer-intermediatebuck-. ate at the high-pressure end of theturbine than at the low.

In Fig. 15 is shown a bucket cover60 containing the fluid-carrying passages 58 that register with or receive water from and disit to the bucket passages 54. The buckets may be cast,.drop-forged, extruded, cut from solid stock or made detachable as desired.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the princi le of operation of my invention, .to ether with the apparatus which I now consi er to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it .understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative, and that the invention can be carried out by other means.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,

1. A gas turbine having a combustion chamber, rows of wheel buckets tor abstractends of the passages into sets, conduits that convey the cooling fluid to and from: said sets,- and conduit means connecting the inner ends of the passages.

2. A gas turbine having a combustion chamber and rows of wheel uckets for fractionally abstracting the ener received from the combustion chamber, 1n combination with intermediate buckets located between the wheel buckets, a segmental support therefor, a chamber in the support, and conduits for conveyin cooling fluid to and from the chamber which pass through said intermediate buckets.

3. A gas turbine havin a combustion chamber and rows of wheel bu tionally abstracting the ener from the combustion chamber, in combination with intermediate buckets located between the wheel buckets, passages extending through the intermediate buckets, conduits conveying fluid to certain of said passages and from others of the passages, and conduit means connecting sald sets of passages.

4. A gas turbine having a combustion chamber, rows of wheel buckets for fractionall abstracting the energy received from t e combustion chamber a wheel shaft,

and a casing, in combination with intermetween the casing and the wheel shaft, pass "sages "extending throufih certain of the buckets for conveying uid into thechainhber, and other passages extending through others. of the buckets for conveying fluid said buckets, and a casing for 'the wheel having a segmental annular opening in one 15 side thereof adjacent the wheel buckets through which the nozzle extends','the said.

nozzlebeing separated from the wall of the openin by a passage through which air from t e r 1011 surrounding the turbine passes to re uce 'the temperature of said nozzle.

g 6. In a gas turbine, the combination of a combustion chamber, a wheel having buckets mounted thereon, a nozzle that receives the products of combustion from said chamber and discharges them directly against the.

buckets, a casing that incloses the wheel and is provided with an opening in one side thereof opposite said buckets having diverging walls to receive the discharge end of the nozzle, the said nozzle being separated from the wall of the opening by a passage through which air flows to cool the nozzle, and a -means for reducing the temperature of the casing.

7. In a gas turbine, the combination of a wheel carrying buckets, a combustion chamher, a nozzle that receives the roducts of combustion directly from said 0 amber and discharges them against the buckets, a casing for the wheel provided with a segmental I opening.

opening in one side'thereof having annular gi walls between which the'nozzle diver exten s, the said nozzle being separatedfrom the walls of the opening bya passa e through which air. flows to cool the nozzfie, and radiatin also direct. t e passage of air through the 8. In a gas turbine, the combination of a combustion chamber, a bucket wheel, a nozzle that receives the products of combustion from said chamber and discharges them against the wheel buckets, the are covered by the end of the nozzle bein lessthan the casing, certain walls of which closely surround the wheel buckets to reduce the rotation losses of the idle buckets, there being an arc-shaped opening in the casin o iposlte a portion of said buckets througfi w ich the nozzle projects, and means for admitting a cooling medium to the chamber in the casmg and exhausting it therefrom.

9. In a gasturbine, the combination of.

wheel buckets a casing therefor, removable intermediate buckets situated between the rows of wheel buckets and rovided with radial passages for cooling uid, a cooling means for the casing, means for supplying cooling fluid to the passages in the intermediate buckets that is separate from and performs its ofiice independently of the cooling means for the casing, and one or more devlces for discharging gas against the wheel buckets.

plates for the nozzle which full circumference of the whee ,a chambered v v 'In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand this second day of April, 1906.

SANFORD A. MOSS. Witnesses: v

, 'JoHN A. MoMANUs, Jr.,

. ROBERT SHAND. 

